Perfect for English lessons, or as part of a literacy across the curriculum scheme, the VCOP lessons aim to build students' fundamental writing skills. Engaging, differentiated, and easily adaptable, this lesson aims to improve students' skills at using varied and appropriate vocabulary, following a logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: - Defining word types; - Identifying varied vocabulary in humorous writing examples; - Analysing varied vocabulary in an interesting descriptive passage; - Creating their descriptive piece, using varied vocabulary; - Peer or self evaluating their varied vocabulary attempts. Resources, worksheets, and a lesson plan are provided. This resource can either be bought alone, or as part of a VCOP bundle (see resource VCOP - All lessons & scheme - vocabulary, connectives, openers, punctuation) for just £1 more.

2 worksheet to introduce using various interesting sentence openers in writing. Useful for targeting pupils with a writing target of upleveling openers in their writing. Second sheet focused on time openers specifically. Good for a lesson before structuring in a story.

Perfect for English lessons, or as part of a literacy across the curriculum scheme, the VCOP lessons aim to build students' fundamental writing skills. Engaging, differentiated, and easily adaptable, this lesson aims to improve students' skills at using varied and appropriate connectives in their writing, following a logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: - Defining connectives types; - Identifying connectives in humorous writing examples; - Analysing connectives in an interesting descriptive passage; - Creating a descriptive piece, using varied connectives; - Peer or self evaluating their writing attempts, and in particular the use of connectives Resources, worksheets, and a lesson plan are provided. This resource can either be bought alone, or as part of a VCOP bundle (see resource VCOP - All lessons & scheme - vocabulary, connectives, openers, punctuation) for just £1 more.

I’ve pulled together various resources such as quick fire activities that I’d previously uploaded separately, and games and links suggested by other posters (notably bluerose) into 1 document.

72 starters- one starter per slide. Or can be used for literacy intervention lessons. Easy to read, clear font and design. Suit KS2, KS3 and KS4. All starters are for English and Literacy. Starters focus mostly on: SPAG, VCOP, word classes and devices. Print slides for lower ability to work on or ask them to choose 3 questions only from the ones given.

This is a simple version of the VCOP pyramid I created on PowerPoint that allows you to customise and use in a wide variety of ways. It can be printed and resized to suit a variety of purposes.

Pastel theme VCOP signage. See other resource for blank pastel shapes which you can laminate and then write vocabulary on.

Perfect for English lessons, or as part of a literacy across the curriculum scheme, the VCOP lessons aim to build students' fundamental writing skills. Engaging, differentiated, and easily adaptable, this lesson aims to improve students' skills at using varied and appropriate sentence openers, following a logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: - Defining the different words that they can use to vary how they open sentences; - Identifying varied openers in humorous writing examples; - Analysing varied openings in an interesting descriptive passage; - Creating a descriptive piece, using varied sentence openers; - Peer or self evaluating the effectiveness of their varied sentence openers. Resources, worksheets, and a lesson plan are provided. This resource can either be bought alone, or as part of a VCOP bundle (see resource VCOP - All lessons & scheme - vocabulary, connectives, openers, punctuation) for just £1 more.

VCOP PPT explaination for staff or students

The letters VCOP, what each letter stands for, conjunctions, excellent openers and vocabulary ready to print and display in your classroom.

A 14-slide presentation showing how to use VCOP (Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers, Punctuation) in your classroom to enhance learning. Fully editable.

Perfect for English lessons, or as part of a literacy across the curriculum scheme, the VCOP lessons aim to build students' fundamental writing skills. Engaging, differentiated, and easily adaptable, this lesson aims to improve students' skills at using varied and appropriate punctuation, following a logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: - Defining punctuation marks; - Identifying varied vocabulary in humorous writing examples; - Analysing varied vocabulary in an interesting descriptive passage; - Creating their descriptive piece, using varied vocabulary; - Peer or self evaluating their varied vocabulary attempts. Resources, worksheets, and a lesson plan are provided. This resource can either be bought alone, or as part of a VCOP bundle (see resource VCOP - All lessons & scheme - vocabulary, connectives, openers, punctuation) for just £1 more.

resource to support VCOP during writing

Here is a VCOP mat I created for mu children to help support their sentence structure. (No rights owned - Not included in price)

This is an excellent resource for pupils to record examples of Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers and Punctuation. Use for reading tasks, homework or fast finishers. This is a flexible resource that will suit a range of learners. Includes both Microsoft Word and PDF versions.

a very creative and original wall display for a vcop wall. includes some examples as well as some blank ones to be filled in according to age group.

Time-saving, interactive resources for introducing children to VCOP.

Bright and attractive VCOP display. The openers are designed to be hung up with pieces of string - like an open/closed sign in a shop.

100 simple short activities for early morning (or any other time of day) VCOP work. Many slides can be re used if you just change a letter, word or number. They could also be printed off as a set of extension cards for the odd minute when a child finishes ahead of schedule.